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13 and when your flocks and herds have become very large and your silver and gold have multiplied along with everything else, be careful!
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and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied,
14 Do not become proud at that time and forget the LORD your God, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.
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then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
15 Do not forget that he led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock!
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He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.
16 He fed you with manna in the wilderness, a food unknown to your ancestors. He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.
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He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you.
17 He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’
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You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.”
18 Remember the LORD your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful, in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath.
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But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
19 “But I assure you of this: If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, you will certainly be destroyed.
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If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.
20 Just as the LORD has destroyed other nations in your path, you also will be destroyed if you refuse to obey the LORD your God.
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Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God.
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